There is growing talk that if former House Speaker Newt Gingrich drops out of the race and "suspends" his campaign, he may throw his support behind Rick Santorum in an effort to deny Mitt Romney the GOP nomination.

And, for the moment, Gingrich is not yielding to the slew of establishment endorsements for Mitt Romney.

Gingrich told CBS News' "Face the Nation" Sunday that Romney has no lock on the nomination and the math doesn't show him getting the 1,144 delegates easily to clinch the nomination.

A leading Gingrich campaign official also suggested this weekend that their camp may work with Santorum to stop Romney from getting the nomination as the former House Speaker made clear he could back either Santorum or Romney if they were to win the nomination.

"If Rick Santorum becomes the nominee, I'll help him," Gingrich said. "We are all committed to defeating Barak Obama. We think his re-election would be a disaster for the country."

Good idea Freepers? I think so, they should have teemed up long ago (would have made stopping Romney even easier). One should be President, and one should be V.P. and I really don't care which one, either would be better than Obama and much better than Romney.

I wouldn’t mind seeing Newt as VP at all. I think he’d do a good job. However, the issue I have is that I don’t think whoever the nominee is, whether it be Romney, Santorum, or Gingrich, I don’t think one of them should pick one of the other for VP. There have been too many negative attacks all around. If Romney were to pick Santorum, for example, the Dems would pull out his attack ads and comments and ask why he picked someone for VP he once criticized heavily and vice versa. I think that could complicate things, and I think we’d be better off if whoever the nominee is goes outside of the crop of remaining candidates and picks a fresh face.

....there is a "possibility of consolidating Santorum and Gingrich delegates at the Republican National Convention in order to overcome Romneys delegate math."

AT THE CONVENTION MY A**. This needs to be done NOW....we have no assurance Romney won't get the 1,144 Delegates before the Convention. People are already growing weary and throwing in the towel for RINO-Rom. A Gingrich/Santorum coalition could revive the possibility of "stopping Romney" from reaching the magic number of 1,144. They need to combine forces NOW.....RIGHT NOW!!!

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posted on 04/01/2012 9:36:02 PM PDT
by no dems
(I've always been crazy but that's the only thing that's kept me from going insane.)

No, no; we don’t need a Santorum/Gingrich Ticket. We need a Gringrich/Santorum Ticket. Newt is the one who needs to debate Obama, not Rick. Newt will cream Obozo in a Debate.... Rick... ummmm...... nah; won’t happen.

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posted on 04/01/2012 9:38:15 PM PDT
by no dems
(I've always been crazy but that's the only thing that's kept me from going insane.)

Read any posting by Steelfish describing Newt Gingrich. It was Santorum who, in Florida, spewed all over Gingrich without political cause. The amount of hatred generated by Satorum his follower towards Gingrich is enormous.

And Geron, there is a huge difference between quoting sources in Pennsylvania who once supported and no longer will support, Santorum, and Steelfish’s Democratic Party talking point smears against Gingrich from years gone by.

That would be interesting. But a lot of Newt-backing Freepers burned that bridge a long time ago.
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FReepers are not the only people in America. There are 350 million people in America? How many FReepers are there? Do the math and figure the percentage. Sometimes we think all America has the same political sentiments as people on this website. NOT!!!

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posted on 04/01/2012 9:42:30 PM PDT
by no dems
(I've always been crazy but that's the only thing that's kept me from going insane.)

I dont think one of them should pick one of the other for VP. There have been too many negative attacks all around.

I agree with you, but, I'd like to see them join forces, not to run on the GOP Ticket in the Fall, but, just to keep RINO-Rom from getting the 1144 Delegates BEFORE the Convention. Then we could have an open Convention and anyone could win; Paul Ryan might even leave Tampa as the Nominee.

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posted on 04/01/2012 9:47:06 PM PDT
by no dems
(I've always been crazy but that's the only thing that's kept me from going insane.)

-> Who cares which way it is (especially if Newt V.P were the ideas guy for the administration?). Theyd be more like partners than boss/employee.

It would be like putting the student in lead while the professor has to sit on his hands. I can’t see Speaker Gingrich having to curb his bold ideas. It would be silly since Rick makes more gaffes-the GZ for one was big.

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posted on 04/01/2012 9:50:16 PM PDT
by Christie at the beach
(I like Newt and would love to see political dead bodies on the floor.)

According to reports on Fox Sunday, Romney is crashing. He now loses in one-on-one polls against Obama in FL, OH, and PA (?). His unfavorable rating is about 50%. He would lose to Obama if election was today. He is behind Obama in two new polls by double digits. AND THIS WAS ON FOX NEWS! HANG TOUGH NEWT!

Who cares which way it is (especially if Newt V.P were the ideas guy for the administration?)
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I friggin’ care!!! Newt needs to be at the top of the Ticket to Debate Obama or there won’t be a new administration needing ideas. Romney and Ron “Kook-Daddy” Paul made mince meat out of Santorum in the last Debate. We need to put Newt up against Obama. Let Rick debate Biden. (Wow; that would be an intellectual match up of “geniuses” for the record books.)

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posted on 04/01/2012 9:54:06 PM PDT
by no dems
(I've always been crazy but that's the only thing that's kept me from going insane.)

Ping to onyx, Jim,and Ernest: Just in case this one slides by you all. Of course if there is truth in it, we shall see a flood of like articles produced in the days, weeks to come. No response required. Thanks for the post JSD.

I heard a political professor today here in Florida to say, that Mitt Romney needs more time to re introduce himself to the base. They fear he is losing more ground even though he could pick up more states this week; voters are saying the 2 top choices; they prefer someone else. I think some of Rick’s voters are nothing but stop Romney (not a firm belief in Santorum). I think Newt should stay in no matter what.

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posted on 04/01/2012 9:56:45 PM PDT
by Christie at the beach
(I like Newt and would love to see political dead bodies on the floor.)

Self serving.... maybe, but, I wouldn’t call Rick stupid; seriously. I’d say he is very naive and simple. He says stupid things that make people scratch their heads and say: “Does this dude know that this is the 21st Century and this is NOT the ‘Leave It To Beaver’ America of the 50’s?” Poor Rick; so out of touch with the real world.

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posted on 04/01/2012 9:59:58 PM PDT
by no dems
(I've always been crazy but that's the only thing that's kept me from going insane.)

Well, Bush was the light-weight and Cheney had the gravitas and they got elected twice. I prefer Newt but I think Santorum would be miles above Romney. Let’s hope the good people in Wisconsin unite behind Rick and defeat Mit on Tuesday.

Yes but many of us believed that GW Bush was a real conservative, so we let some things pass-Santorum likes big government too as an answer, like Bush. I want Newt staying in. Too many people are believing the big lie; electability which Romney does not have. We don’t have to accept Romney. People can protest outside the primaries as well. I think some of Newt’s supporters are voting now for Rick to stop Mitt. Conservatives won’t accept Mitt very well. This entire thing is a nightmare.

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posted on 04/01/2012 10:26:07 PM PDT
by Christie at the beach
(I like Newt and would love to see political dead bodies on the floor.)

Romney's people in Wisconsin are starting to get a little worried. The believe they can win, but the margin is being shaved down in the last few days. Last minute internals seem to show the gap closer with Rick Santorum than what is commonly reported. It will be a real fight of turn out the vote on Tuesday. Most Wisconsinites have taken a very dim view of the negative campaigning, and most of their ire in that regard seems to be toward Romney than Santorum as they have been bombarded, and as mid westerners, they don't like it. There might even be a mini-anti-Romney backlash on Tuesday in some quarters who knows (one prays). Rural Wisconsites/conservative areas are breaking hard for Santorum it seems as well. Speaker Gingrich and Ron Paul don't seem to be numerical factors at this point. Tuesday weather in Wisconsin calls for showers or perhaps occasional thundershowers in a number of parts of the state.

Rick has to go back to Virginia where he would not Not want to be removed from the people in the Beltway. Newt already knows what they think of him. Newt has the gravitas to endure the insiders writing negative stories of him. I sent an email to Newt earlier about the political professor from FSU-and said to stay fighting. Someone has to help our country from these radicals.

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posted on 04/01/2012 11:14:57 PM PDT
by Christie at the beach
(I like Newt and would love to see political dead bodies on the floor.)

Among independents in the new poll, Romney is viewed favorably by 35 percent and unfavorably by 52 percent. Among independents four years ago, Obama hit his low point in mid-April 2008, when 57 percent said they had favorable impressions and 37 percent had unfavorable ones.

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